RIAC Report #16
The dramatic developments in Ukraine in 2014 have once again demonstrated the relevance of the cooperative crisis management tools and mechanisms of the OSCE.
Issues of strengthening and reforming the OSCE are once again part of the European agenda.
The 40th anniversary of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe represents an important milestone in the development of the ...
As part of seminar "Helsinki +40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE" organized jointly by the Russian International Affairs Council and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the OSCE PA members visited MGIMO-University to meet Russian undergraduates and postgraduates.
The gathering was addressed by Joao SOARES, Chairman ...
On September 25, 2014, Russian International Affairs Council and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly held the international seminar "Helsinki +40 Process: Prospects for Strengthening the OSCE" with participation of the OSCE PA representatives, top European politicians and civil society leaders, Russian parliamentarians and key experts.
The event was opened by the project co-chair
Joao Soares
(MP, Portugal) and RIAC President
Igor ...
Interview with Andrei Zagorski
In the run-up to the international seminar “Helsinki +40: Prospects for strengthening the OSCE”, which will be held by the Russian International Affairs Council, we talked to Professor
Andrei Zagorski
of MGIMO University, head of department at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences,...
... of the OSCE will also participate.
On 26 September, OSCE PA leaders and other selected seminar participants will discuss the OSCE of today and tomorrow with students from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University).
The OSCE PA’s Helsinki +40 Project
will continue after Moscow with seminars at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) in Washington in mid-November and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in the Swedish capital in March 2015.
The ...
Article by Javier Ruperez, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (1996-1998)
Right After the War
No Peace Treaty was signed to certify an end to World War II in Europe and validate the territorial changes it caused on the continent. Hasty military arrangements taken by the victorious powers ...
On July 3, 2014, the Russian International Affairs Council hosted the workshop "Helsinki +40: the Past, the Present and the Future" to discuss the Russian position and Russian interests in the OSCE, prospects of this international body, and the activities to be reflected in a future RIAC report on the issue.
The event has been meant as a preview to the international workshop on the OSCE to be held by RIAC with the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly ...
...
th
Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
The Project's leaders include former OSCE PA President Joao Soares (Portugal); Chair of the OSCE PA Committee on Transparency and Reform of the OSCE François-Xavier de Donnea (Belgium); and OSCE Special Co-ordinator for the Helsinki +40 Process Ilkka Kanerva (Finland).
The Project will be co-ordinated by the leadership of the participating think-tanks and experts at the OSCE PA International Secretariat in Copenhagen, led by PA Secretary General Spencer Oliver.
